CAG Uncovers Major Irregularities in Bihar's PMAY-G Implementation

• The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has flagged significant irregularities in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) scheme in Bihar.
• Allegations include sanctioning permanent houses to minor children and geo-tagging houses in Delhi and Jharkhand instead of Bihar.
• The CAG report, tabled in the state Assembly, highlighted instances of houses sanctioned to ineligible minor beneficiaries, even when parents were alive, with payments of Rs 2.50 lakh made.
• Discrepancies in geo-tagging showed 52 cases of houses tagged at distant locations within Bihar, and three cases outside the state in Delhi and Jharkhand (51 km to 915 km away).
• PMAY-G, launched in June 2015, aims to provide affordable housing with basic facilities to rural poor, replacing temporary houses.